We are pleased to provide the following awards and subsidies for some of the artists in the exhibition. It is our aim to increase the support for each artist to cover their freight and to increase the minimum amount each artist receives towards their costs of exhibiting.
RECIPIENT OF THE MAJOR PRIZE AT SCULPTURE BY THE SEA
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF THE MAJOR PRIZE AT SCULPTURE BY THE SEA
From 1997 – 2004 Sydney Water provided the main award at Sculpture by the Sea with the majority of the award-winning works gifted to Campbelltown Arts Centre. In 2006 and 2007 NAB provided the major award with the works gifted to Orange Regional Gallery. From 2009 – 2012 the Balnaves Foundation provided the major award, with the works gifted to the Royal Botanic Gardens. From 2013 – 2015 Macquarie Group provided the major award with the works gifted to Sydney Harbour Federation Trust for placement at George’s Heights. The Aqualand Sculpture Award will be gifted each year from 2016 – 2018 for permanent public placement in Sydney.
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The Helen Lempriere Scholarships are the realisation of a bequest by the late Keith Wood, honouring his wife, Helen Lempriere. Helen Lempriere was one of Australia’s leading female artists in the mid-20th Century, attracting national and international acclaim for her painting, printmaking and sculpture. Sculpture by the Sea is proud to be managing in partnership with Perpetual, three scholarships of $30,000 cash that will be received by the awarded artists to assist with the advancement of their careers through study or research.
As Sculpture by the Sea celebrates the 26th Exhibition at Bondi this year, with the wonderful support of Perpetual, the managers of the Helen Lempriere Bequest, have made possible three Helen Lempriere Scholarships for Australian artists to the total value of $90,000.
The 2024 recipients are:
The 2024 Allens People’s Choice Prize will be announced on 4 November 2024.
The 2023 Allens People’s Choice Prize of $5,000, as voted by visitors of the exhibition was awarded to Juan Pablo Pinto & Cristian Rojas (NSW) for their work, ‘The Hermitage’.
The 2024 Kids’ Choice Prize will be announced on 4 November 2024.
The 2023 Kids’ Choice Prize donated by Rebel Penfold-Russell OAM, as voted by the children visiting the exhibition was awarded to The Glue Society + James Dive (NSW) for their work, ‘Hot with the Chance of a Late Storm’.
Thank you to Transfield Holdings for 20 years of sponsorship. Since 2011, Transfield’s sponsorship has covered the cost of the cranes and heavy equipment to install and remove the sculptures from the exhibition site, benefiting almost every artist in the exhibition. In previous years artists had to meet these costs themselves.
The Transfield Australian Invited Artist Program funds two major new works each year for Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi supporting the careers of leading sculptors.
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi Major Partner Transfield and Sculpture by the Sea are pleased to announce two respected sculptors as recipients of the 2024 Transfield Australian Invited Artists Program of $15,000 each:
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In 2011, for the first time in 14 years, thanks to the incoming NSW Government, through Arts NSW, each artist received state funding towards their costs. This extremely important support, for 2011-15, is a minimum subsidy of $2,000 for each artist who does not otherwise earn this amount from exhibition sales or awards.
The $15,000 subsidy for a Danish Artist to exhibit at Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2024 was awarded to Søren Lyngsø Knudsen. This subsidy was made possible thanks to the Friendship Society of Denmark, Australia and New Zealand and Australian private donors to the exhibition.
Every year since 2003 Sell & Parker has provided oxy cut steel and scrap metal at no cost to as many as 20 artists in each exhibition. This is a considerable contribution to the material costs of the artists, enabling many of them to work on a scale they could not otherwise afford.
The Clitheroe Foundation and Sculpture by the Sea established The Clitheroe Foundation Emerging Sculptor Mentorship Program in 2006, awarding $15,000 each to 2 selected artists. The mentor program aims to encourage professional and meaningful fellowships between emerging sculptors and established practitioners. In benefit of Sculpture by the Sea‘s established organisational framework, the program facilitates a skills exchange between the emerging artists and their mentors and provides a forum for the professional and technical development of the emerging sculptors.
The artists selected for the 2023 Clitheroe Emerging Sculptor Mentorship Program:
The Deepal Australia Artist Award for Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2024 is Alejandro Propato (Argentina)
With thanks to the Balnaves Foundation was awarded to Masayuki Sugiyama (Japan) for his work ‘Moving Stillness (2022/2023)’, in memory of Neil Balnaves AO, to celebrate the 25th Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi exhibition.
The recipient of the 2019 Wallace Arts Foundation New Zealand Sculptor Award of NZ$5,000 is Katja Grinling (Denmark) for her work ‘Thru’.
The 2024 Waverley Council Mayor’s Prize of $5,000 is awarded to Elyssa-Sykes Smith (NSW) for her work ‘Reclaimed Chaos’.
The 2019 Andrea Stretton Memorial Invitation of $5,000 to exhibit in Sculpture by the Sea, Cottesloe 2020 was awarded to Tan Xun (China) and Sally Kidall (NSW).
Dinosaur Designs has provided trophies for the award winning artists since 2004.